The Washington critic., 1887-10-07
PREPARING FOR MARK EFT DAY.

Something for All Good House,
keepers to Carefully Peruse.
Marketmen have nothing to complain of
the best both for buyers and sellers In the
Centre Market for several weeks. The
pleasant weather Of the past week has
filled tho market with the choicest veg
etables, and plenty Of them. Usually by
this time vegetables begin to grow scarce,
but this Is not the case this year; they are
plenty and at very fair prices.
The meat market about holds Its own
with porterhouse steak at 20 TO 25 cents q
pound, tenderloin 20 cents, prime rib roast
20 cents, corned beef, 8 to is cents. and
large beef tongues go cents each. At John
Kelly's stand, in the Ninth-street wing,
there 10 some very fine young lamb at 1s to
20 cents pound for the hind. quarter and
20 to 25 for chops. Pork is bit cheaper.
For roast and chops 12l cents pound,
sugar-cured ham 10 cents, breakfast bacon
IA and sausage 124 cents. 1t isn't bad
idea to get your lard from the pork butchers
at 10 cents a pound. II 10 cleaner and
cheaper than is usually sold in firkins.
VEGETABLES.
There is hardly change IN vegetables,
though they may be slightly cheaper to-
morrow. Potatoes are not up to the
standard this year, and have been rather
scarce. Those In market this morning
were worth from 30 to 35 cents a peck.
Eastern Shore sweet potatoes are 35 cents q
peck; celery, s cents bunch; corn, 20 cents
dozen and rather poor. The cabbage is
good and sells for 10 cents head; cauli'
flower, best grade, 80 cents each; eggplants
range from 5 to cents; very fine lettuce Ia
worth cents head; lima beans, Is cents
quart; large white onions, 40 cents a
peck.
Mushrooms took great tumble last Sat.
urday, after THE CRITICS report was pub
lisbed, but there were none In market to-
day. Okra sells for go cents quart
Tomatoes are still high at 80 cents peck,
be had cheaper. Squash ia worth cents O
pound and great deal is sold. String
beans are 80 cents peck and not good at
apyprice. Turnips are a little cheaper al
35 cents peck and satisfy brings cents q
bunch. Radishes are very good at 3 to
cents bunch.
TRuITs.
With the exception OF grapes and apple:
fruits Of all kinds are not extra good
There are a few fair oranges in market al
so cents dozen. Apples are better than las
week and trile cheaper, being all the way
from 30 to so cents peck, with very good
grade at 40 cents. Lemons are worth from
10 to 25 cents dozen. The cheaper ones
however, are not much good. Peaches are
scarce and dearer at 81 to Sl.25. There are
few, very few, fine ones In market
Grapes are still plentiful and extra fine
the Concord are worth 45 cents for a 10
pound basket; Delaware, 40 cents for g
pound basket, and Niagara, 60 cents for the
same quantity. Cape Cod cranberries are
12 to IA cents quart.
FISH.
The fish In market this morning are fine
than any that have been there this season
At Golden's stand there were some yer,
nice halibut at 20 cents a pound. 1t 4
probable that by next week there will no
be fish of this kind In market. Taylor
or blue fish are about gone; red snapper 1
worth IL cents q pound; sheepshead, g
cents and scarce; salmon, 35 cents, salmon
trout, 12A cents; pOrgies, IL cents; sea bass
Ii cents; scallops are dearer at 40 cents, a
are shrimp.
There were no Spanish mackerel in mar
ket, but Javins had few very fine new
mackerel at 90 cents each. They are th
| hrBt OF the season. There were at the sam
| place some Of the largest and fuest lobster
at Is cents pound In the market this sea
son. Fine German carp are 10 cents
pound. The catch OF rock Is very large jus
now and the fish very fine.
BUTTER AND EGGS.
The butter market remains unchanged
Prints, 40 to so; fine creamery, 35; good, 30
and dairy, 25 to 80. Oyster d Co. hav,
some Of the fine Darlington butter, made #
Delaware County, Pa, at 81 pound. Onl,
folks who can draw seven figures abovi
their names use this however. Fresh egg
have advanced to 25 cents dozen.
GAME AND POULTRY.
Prime dressed chickens bring 20 cents
pound and ducks is cents. Turkeys ar,
scarce and poor, though better ones may
be expected in two or three weeks. Mallart
ducks are Sl.25 pair; teal, 81; red heads
$3.50; squads, $3.50 a dozen; reed birds, 81
snipe, a, and ort@lan, 81. Game is al
very fine, and can In some instances b,
bought to better advantage In the marke
stores than In the market Itself.
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